Shacole Smith TOPIC: Shirley Chisholm GENERAL PURPOSE STATEMENT: To inform my audience about Shirley Chisholm SPECIFIC PURPOSE STATEMENT: To inform the audience on her speaking and speeches. CENTRAL IDEA: Shirley Chisholm Speeches I. INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter-How many of you know who Shirley Chisholm is Preview Statement- Today I am going to talk about Shirley Chisholm’s background‚ the major ideas of her speeches‚ and analysis her speeches
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Shirley Jackson’s major fascination was dark fiction. In most of her stories‚ her main topics are about hosts‚ witches and mysterious situations in which the characters have to get through. She wrote novels‚ short stories‚ and children’s books without living her fiction style out. "Life Among the Savages" (1953)‚ "Raising Demons"(1957)‚ a non-fiction prose "Witchcraft in Salem Village"(1956)‚ "Road Through the Wall" (1948)‚ "Hangsaman"(1951)‚ and "The Bird`s Nest" (1954)‚ are only a few works that
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The short story by Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” serves as a mirror to see our own society and rituals at an extreme. Throughout the story the author normalizes the characters’ inhumane ritual so the reader would be able to understand the underlining meaning of the story. In our society there are rituals that we do not dare to question because they have been embedded into our lives. The character Old Man Warner justifies such rituals by saying‚ on page 142‚ “There’s always been a lottery.” he himself
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in trying to fix it. This is the way things have always been done so why change it now? This is the way many people think and don’t see a problem with it. They go along with the status quo whether it is right or wrong. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the townspeople are hesitant to refuse traditions that would be considered wrong and evil by most people. This story gives the lottery a bad reputation. The first thing that comes to mind is winning a sum of money or goods. In the beginning
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Charles McClintock defines the scholar-practitioner as "an ideal of professional excellence grounded in theory and research‚ informed by experimental knowledge‚ and motivated by personal values‚ political commitments‚ and ethical conduct (McClintock‚ 2003)". A practitioner‚ by definition‚ lends themselves to the practice of these theory based models. Understanding how to implement‚ observe‚ critique‚ and develop these models is crucial to a successful practitioner. The developments of these theory
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"The Lottery" by Jackson‚ is a short story which talks about a tradition which comes up once a year in a little village of about 300 natives. In the lottery process‚ one person is selected randomly and heinously stoned to death. Tessie Hutchinson is the victim of this social disturbing practice and she protest against the culture before she is been sentenced by Mr. Summers the lottery coordinator. In the story‚ the readers first get a gloomy picture of a summer day but‚ Jackson uses this setting
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DBQ – Andrew Jackson Jacksonian Democrats believed that they were protecting individual liberty‚ political democracy‚ the equality of economic opportunity‚ and upholding the rights of the Constitution of the United States. In my opinion‚ the Jacksonians were‚ to some extent‚ guardians of the United States. However‚ the Jacksonians did have their flaws. When it came to protecting individual liberties‚ Jacksonians favored the white male population‚ but totally ignored others. They wanted to
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great sports scandal involved many‚ but the most memorable and most known for it was Joe Jackson. The aftermath of the great World Series Scandal left many people questioning the character of Joe Jackson and whether or not he should have relations thereafter with baseball. There is still question today whether or not to let Joe into the Hall of Fame. 	Many people still question whether or not‚ Joe Jackson was involved in "The Black Sox Scandal of 1919." "The scandal even left
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Andrew Jackson DBQ Sean Clinton Jacksonian Democrats were not the "Guardians of Democracy" that they claimed to be‚ rather‚ they were much more guardians of their own sectional interests‚ and arguably Andrew Jackson’s inflated ego. Jacksonians were skilled at emotionalizing issues and rallying the support of the South and West. Their primary goals were not Constitutional justice and individual liberty‚ but instead they strived to suppress New England‚ the Whig party‚ and business interests and
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Literary Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s: “The Lottery” by Cary Sanders English 1320-Section 15 Dr. J. Drummond April 2 ‚ 2015 Sanders i Outline Thesis Statement: People will often unquestionably follow tradition and the crowd without ever stopping to think about why they are doing what they are doing. I. Plot A. Summer Time B. Small Town II. Characters III. Theme of Story A. Blind Tradition B. Unquestioning Allegiance IV. Is it not ironic? A. Lottery equals death? B
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